Mop holder



I NOV. 3, 1936. SMITH 2,059,662

MOP HOLDER Filed Dec. 11, 1934 Patented Nov. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MOP HOLDER Application December 11, 1934, Serial No. 756,999

1 Claim.

This invention relates to mop holders and its general object is to provide a holder that is capable of detachably but firmly securing mop material to the head, without fear of casual displacement or removal therefrom, and in a spread condition to assure ample cleaning surface by the material, at all times.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mop holder including a relatively flat head with clamping means cooperating therewith to secure mop material thereto, and the clamping means can be actuated with very little effort on the part of the user.

Another object of the invention is toprovide a mop holder that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely eflicient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder which forms the subject matter of the present invention, in use.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing the underside of my holder with the clamp-ing means in operative position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the underside of the holder with the clamping means released.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral l indicates the body of the head of my mop holder, which is preferably formed from sheet metal and is shown as being substantially triangular shape in configuration. The outer or broad end of the head is relatively fiat and has formed thereon a downwardly directed flange 2 that is disposed substantially at right angles with respect to the outer end of the body, and the sides of the body at the small end are bent in face to face relation with respect to each other as at 3, with an opening 3' in each faced portion for a purpose which will be presently described.

Formed with the small end of the body as well as with the faced side portions, is a ferrule 4 that is arranged by rolling the material in tubular formation and held accordingly through the instrumentality of suitable securing means 5 which may likewise be used for securing an elongated handle 6 in the ferrule which acts in the capacity as a socket therefor and the handle extends in a plane substantially parallel to'that of the body. However, the securing means may be rivets, and the handle may be frictionally mounted within the ferrule, as will be apparent.

The clamping means for holding the mop material with respect to the head, is made from a single strand of wire, bent to provide a jaw 8 of substantially triangular configuration and the converging side arms of the jaw extend into trunnions 9 mounted for pivotal movement in the openings 3 of the faced side portions 3 of the head, as best shown in Figure 3. The lower portion of the jaw extends in substantial parallelism with the flange 2 for cooperation therewith and the body of the head, while the side arms of the jaw cooperate with the body and bent confronting side portions ll] of the latter, in positively securing the mop-material I to the head. The portions 3 and ill, in fact provide perpendicular flanges on the sides of the body, as shown, in that the portions l0 merge into and form a part of the substantial faced side portions 3 at one end, and into the body at their opposite ends, and the flanges thus formed increase in width toward the ferrule. It will be noted from Figure 1, that the body is inclined downwardly and outwardly from the ferrule and is slightly curved from its juncture with the ferrule 4, thence extends into the flat portion adjacent to the flange 2.

The strand of wire extends from one of the trunnions 9 at right angles with respect thereto for normal disposal in a plane parallel to the handle to provide an arm or operating lever II for the jaw, and the lever terminates in a right angle bent end l2 which acts as a finger piece in operating the lever as will be apparent.

The handle has secured thereto and extending laterally therefrom a stop I3 which is shown as being a screw, and the stop is arranged in the path of the lever l I to receive the same for holding the jaw 8 in clamping engagement with the material I.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a mop holder that not only holds the mopping material in positive association with respect to the head of the holder, when in use, but the material is retained in a spread condition, as best shown in Figure 2, and the flange 2 cooperates with the lower portion of the jaw 8 to hold the material accordingly and prevents the latter from becoming displaced especially when the mop is pushed forward during the cleaning action.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A mop holder comprising a head including a sheet metal body of triangular configuration, a downturned flange formed on the base end of the body and disposed at right angles thereto, a ferrule formed on the apex end of the body, flanges formed on the sides of the body and extending from adjacent the base flange to the ferrule, said side flanges increasing in width toward the ferrule to provide relatively wide portions merging into the ferrule, with opposed openings therein, an elongated handle secured in the ferrule and arranged in a plane substantially parallel to that of the body, a substantially triangular shaped jaw on the underside of the body and formed from a single strand of wire, said jaw including trunnions extending outwardly in opposed directions from its apex end and pivotally mounted in and extending through the openings, an arm formed on the outer end of one trunnion and extending at right angles therefrom to provide an operating lever for the jaw, said jaw having its base portion arranged for disposal in parallelism with the base flange for cooperation therewith and the body to provide clamping means for securing mop material to the body, and means extending from the handle for receiving the lever to hold the jaw in operative position.

ALTON P. SMITH. 

